<div>Just remember that most government programs, including the space program, are contracted out to the lowest bidder using the least expensive parts that will get the job done. Yes it does leave me feeling uneasy every time a shuttle goes up.
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/12/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Mark Des Cotes</b> <<a href="mailto:mark@astroprinting.com">mark@astroprinting.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"><br>On 11-Feb-07, at 3:07 PM, Peter Saint James wrote:<br><br>> You would be surprised who wants old computer equipment.
<br>><br>> I threw away some stuff that was so old that I figured no one<br>> could use it anymore. It had 8" floppy drives, for example. "Who<br>> would ever use that?" I thought.<br>>
<br>> A few months later I found out NASA was looking for just the stuff<br>> I threw out. It seems that the space shuttles have old computer<br>> equipment in them. Since everything in those vehicles is so
<br>> tightly integrated with everything else, it's difficult to replace<br>> just one component. So they keep finding replacement parts for<br>> these ancient systems. Or at least, that's how I got the story.
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